What the press says




DANCE UP CLOSE TO TRISKELION ART'S 5th ANNUAL COMEDY IN DANCE FEST

Mar 25, 2014 | Trina Mannino at Dance Enthusaist

The ladies of Cocoon Central Dance Team bring an entirely different -- but equally goofy --energy to the festival. “It’s all in their timing,” says Bender. “They come from a comedy circuit background instead of dance, which is refreshing and you can count on them to deliver.”

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SOMETHING NEW: INNOVATION IN CONTEMPORARY COMEDY

Sunday Sessions @ MoMA PS1 | Co-presented by The New York Comedy Festival

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COMEDY DANCE GROUP DELIVERS PUNCH LINES WITH PIROUETTES

Feb 25, 2014 | Laura Rosenfeld at The Columbia Journalist

"I see a lot of dance, but I haven't seen a lot of dance that's that funny, so that's really impressive to me," says Miriam Katz, a writer and freelance curator who organized the show at MoMA PS1. "That's why I think of them as artists, because they're doing something that's not really the easiest thing to market."

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THE VILLAGE VOICE: VOICE CHOICES

Apr 2013

"The monthly free comedy night at BAMcafé, sponsored by IFC, has invited gross-out troupe Murderfist (the 2010 ECNY winners for best sketch comedy group), whose members do not shy away from tasteless jokes, nudity, or spraying themselves with gallons of fake blood. Also on the bill are musical sweethearts the Reformed Whores, identical twins the Stone Brothers, the high-energy Cocoon Central Dance Team, and the spandex-loving super freaks of Adira Amram & the Experience. Ben Kissel hosts the hilarity."